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Tabeguache Peak viewed from the west
Highest point
Elevation	14,162 ft (4,317 m)
Prominence	455 ft (139 m)
Isolation	0.75 mi (1.21 km)
Listing	Colorado Fourteener 25th
Geography
Tabeguache Peak Location in Colorado
Location	Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range	Sawatch Range
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Saint Elmo, Colorado
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

Tabeguache Peak is one of the fourteeners of the US state of Colorado. It is a near neighbor of the higher peak Mount Shavano, which lies approximately 1/2 mile (approximately 1 km) to the southeast, and is close to being a subpeak of the latter. According to William Bright an American Linguist specialized in Native American and South Asian languages and descriptive linguistics it is pronounced "TAB-uh-wahch". According to Mountaineer Louis Dawson the name is pronounced "tab-uh-wash," with the accent on the first syllable. It lies just east of the Continental Divide and just west of the Arkansas River, in the south-central part of the Sawatch Range. It is located within the San Isabel National Forest and is in Chaffee County.

The mountain is named for the Tabeguache band of the Utes. "Tabaguache" means 'People of Sun Mountain', from "Tava" meaning 'sun.'

Historical names

Mogwatavungwantsingwu
Mount Tabequache
Tabeguache Mountain
Tageguache Peak – 1982

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